Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Can't Wait Wednesday (106)

Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings to
spotlight highly anticipated books. It is based on the Waiting on
Wednesday meme which used to be hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

FROM GOOREADS: A collection of four
chilling novels, ingeniously wrought gems of terror from the
brilliantly imaginative, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The
Fireman, Joe Hill

“Snapshot” is the disturbing story of a
Silicon Valley adolescent who finds himself threatened by “The
Phoenician,” a tattooed thug who possesses a Polaroid Instant Camera
that erases memories, snap by snap.

A young man takes to the
skies to experience his first parachute jump. . . and winds up a
castaway on an impossibly solid cloud, a Prospero’s island of roiling
vapor that seems animated by a mind of its own in “Aloft.”

On a
seemingly ordinary day in Boulder, Colorado, the clouds open up in a
downpour of nails—splinters of bright crystal that shred the skin of
anyone not safely under cover. “Rain” explores this escalating
apocalyptic event, as the deluge of nails spreads out across the country
and around the world.

In “Loaded,” a mall security guard in a
coastal Florida town courageously stops a mass shooting and becomes a
hero to the modern gun rights movement. But under the glare of the
spotlights, his story begins to unravel, taking his sanity with it. When
an out-of-control summer blaze approaches the town, he will reach for
the gun again and embark on one last day of reckoning.

WHY I CAN'T WAIT: First of all, it's Joe Hill. Secondly, look at that creepy yet gorgeous cover. And lastly, it sounds terrific.

I almost requested this from Edelweiss yesterday! The fact that it's an anthology was the only reason why I didn't. I like Joe Hill, but for some reason, I'm terrible when it comes to motivating myself to read story collections.

I have The Fireman sitting on my nightstand but I haven't picked it up yet. I find the length daunting! I normally shy away from anthologies because I prefer full-length stories, but this one sounds good! Nice pick!